Walkability of Cranberry Township

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by BobMcKelvin

Encouraging article for those of us that hate the sprawl:

A New Study Finds That U.S. Sprawl Peaked Around 1994 - CityLab

Interesting. New construction can't be built fast enough muphere. Huge number of condos going up on Glen Eden and I went through Zelie to get on 79 after visiting the Harmony Inn. Whole lotta stuff going on out there.

[BobMcKelvin]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Interesting. New construction can't be built fast enough muphere. Huge number of condos going up on Glen Eden and I went through Zelie to get on 79 after visiting the Harmony Inn. Whole lotta stuff going on out there.

I find it a little hard to believe myself...I haven't yet read the actual paper so maybe there's something in their methodology that will explain the results a little better.

I could see if it peaked around 05-08 before the recession, but people were still making money and going for the American Dream through the mid-to-late 90's. All one has to do is look at satellite images of the past 2 decades to see sprawl is still continuing at a pretty good clip.

[PghYinzer]

Outward growth did not peak, but “sprawl” as defined by the author peaked. He based his study on street connectivity. Simply put, exurb planners are cutting back on cul-de-sacs and dead end streets and that change alone lowers the sprawl level according to this author.